Showing posts with label Will Ackerman. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Will Ackerman. Show all posts

Sunday, April 24, 2011

1989 Vintage Frets acoustic string musician magazine - Los Lobos - The Wolf reaches for its roots

Contents: Los Lobos, Acusticos - Mexican traditional music, East L.A. style; Banjo Stylist Bobby Thompson; Windham Hill's Will Ackerman - is new age dead in the water?; Trading in Texas - guitar roundup in the land of BIG; Frets visits Ovation Guitars - The bowl-back evolution rolls on; Music: Banjo - "Sugarfoot Rag", "John Hardy"; Guitar - "Bricklayer's Beautiful Daughter", "Leather Britches", "Death and the Lady"; Fiddle: "(Sonajas) Mananitas Michoacanas"; Mandolin - "Russian Rag"; Dobro - "Crossing the Cumberlands"; more

1989 February Frets Guitar Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

1985 Michael Hedges - New Directions in Acoustic Steel-String Guitar

Cover: Michael Hedges

New Directions in Acoustic Steel-String: The past decade has seen the emergence of a new school of steel-string guitar rooted in folk fingerstyles and borrowing from rock and jazz. This overview explores the multi-dimensional movement - from the architectural intricacies of Alex de Grassi and the folk lyricism of Will Ackerman to the two-handed pyrotechnics of Michael Hedges, the European eclecticism of Pierre Bensusan, and the multi-track tapestries of Steve Tibbetts.

Contents: New Directions in Acoustic Steel-String; Alex de Grassi; Will Ackerman; Michael Hedges; Pierre Bensusan; Steve Tibbetts; Vivian Campbell; Warren Cuccurullo; Jonas Hellborg; Allan Holdsworth - Free Soundpage record and solo flight of "Devil Take the Hindmost"; Phil Upchurch; Sharon Isbin - an eminent American classical guitarist offers exercises and advice; more

1985 February Guitar Player Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

Thursday, August 5, 2010

1983 Kelly Johnson, guitarist for Girlschool - Women in Rock

Cover: Kelly Johnson, guitarist for Girlschool - Women in Rock

Contents: Women in Rock; Q/A: Will Ackerman / Windham Hill - Acoustic Guitarists, New Directions; The fine art of comping; Fender Factory Tour; Loverboy's Paul Dean; John Etheridge;; more

1983 March Guitar Player Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com